Ho Chi Minh City Police Club still needs time to complete

Nguyen Tien Linh shines as expected.

Ho Chi Minh City Police Club had a favorable start on the day of returning to the highest level of Vietnamese football. This milestone is even more meaningful when the Thong Nhat Stadium team officially shook off the image of being inferior to the capital's football representative. Because from 2017 until now, Ho Chi Minh City Club (old name) has only drawn (3) and lost (16) to Hanoi Club. Notably, in the last 6 confrontations, Hanoi Club has scored 24 goals and only conceded 4 goals.

Le Huynh Duc's mark and promise for Tien Linh

In his return to V.League with the brand of Ho Chi Minh City Police, which had trained and launched him, Coach Le Huynh Duc left his mark. His first highlight was exploiting the penalty area killer qualities of striker Nguyen Tien Linh. In addition, Mr. Huynh Duc helped his student "unlock" his leadership qualities, playing enthusiastically all over the field.

The former famous player of Vietnamese football did not praise his student too much, instead he only promised that "Tien Linh will be even better if he is well supported". It is important to know that placing the responsibility of the attack on a domestic striker is a very rare thing in the V.League.

Young talents like Nguyen Duc Phu are being trusted and given the opportunity to show themselves.

In terms of how to inspire players, Coach Le Huynh Duc made an impression with his own style, which can be said to be very strict but also gentle enough, especially when training young players participating in the V.League for the first time such as Nguyen Thai Quoc Cuong (2004), Nguyen Duc Phu (2003), Tran Hoang Phuc (2001).

The three young talents mentioned above have somewhat restrained the best players of Hanoi Club such as Nguyen Van Quyet, Pham Tuan Hai, Nguyen Hai Long and Pham Xuan Manh.

Gameplay is not smooth

Not intoxicated by victory, seriously speaking, CA TP.HCM Club has not shown a coherent playing style. Throughout the match, coach Le Huynh Duc and his team mainly relied on counter-attacking defense and the excellence of goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang.

Coach Makoto Teguramori of Hanoi said the opponent did not control the game, mainly taking advantage of situations that quickly changed from defense to attack.

Coach Le Huynh Duc hopes that the Ho Chi Minh City Police Club will continue to deliver dedicated performances, rekindling pride in the city's football.

But it is understandable, because the Ho Chi Minh City Police team has only officially completed its framework for about 20 days, many faces have just joined the team so the coordination is not high.

Pragmatic play is the safe choice in that context, and the victory over Hanoi shows that Huynh Duc's calculation is reasonable, although he himself frankly said "he wants to create beautiful play".

The victory of Ho Chi Minh City Police Club over the championship candidate may have somewhat excited Thong Nhat Stadium fans, but it is too early to talk about greater ambitions.

The initial goal of Ho Chi Minh City Police Club was only to enter the top 5, a reasonable target when the team just returned to V.League.

The team needs more time to perfect their playing style, create good cohesion between positions to gain squad depth, with players worth looking forward to such as Pham Van Luan, Dang Van Lam, Tay Van Toan, Bui Van Binh.

It is not yet possible to dream of the highest goal, but fans can fully expect that the Ho Chi Minh City Police Club will continue to bring dedicated performances, rekindling pride in the city's football.

Especially when everyone has seen coach Le Huynh Duc's bravery on the coaching bench, Tien Linh's explosion and the young players' confidence in proving their abilities.

Source: https://znews.vn/clb-cong-an-tphcm-van-can-thoi-gian-hoan-thien-post1577548.html